The Roar of Dragons

A still, silent morning

I sat at the beach, happy and free

The sky was blue,

The ocean too.

I was happy.

I was free.

The world was peaceful

The water warm,

I was happy,

Perfectly happy

Until that devastating roar.

The roar of armies,

Marching into battle.

The roar of dragons,

Spitting fire.

The roar of water,

Coming to swallow me whole.

I run,

I run with all the others,

The other frightened tourists.

The beach is swallowed in shadow.

Soon the water will fall.

The warm ocean air

Is permeated with screams,

Screams of the doomed souls,

The doomed souls,

Who will never make it out.